Funny thing happened on my way to Fox Valley... met a Canuck!

[thefoxaroo]

On the train en route to Fox Valley this morning I met a rather disorented Canuck who was very grateful for my assistance. I in turn was very intrigued to hear (albeit briefly) of how Sydney differs from where he came from (Toronto I think he said, though I could be wrong

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[ccdesan]

I recall similar surprise during my visit to Oz clear back in the Winter of '85. [Heh... I sound like some old prospecting geezer.] Those Ozzie dollar and two-dollar coins slip through your hands like water.

My hat's off to folks that can navigate a transport system full of names like Pymble, Turramurra and Wahroonga!

[thefoxaroo]

ccdesan said:"Those Ozzie dollar and two-dollar coins slip through your hands like water.", Quite right there; those coins are a joke. When they first emerged people said it was a con to make people spend quicker. What's most ridiculous is the $2 coin being smaller than the $1. What was the idea behind that? The New Zealanders got it right; they made the $2 bigger than the $1.

Are you sure it was '85 though? The $1 coin came out in 84, but I'm pretty sure the $2 didn't come until '88. I recall a hilarious skit on television which started with the then Prime Minister Bob Hawke looking at something through a microscope and our then Treasurer Paul Keating (AKA "The Undertaker", "Mr J Curve" and "Mr Recesion") came running up saying "Bob! Bob! Have you seen the new $2 coin?"
Bob Hawke looked up from the magnifying glass and said "I'm just examining it now. Why is it so small?"

ccdesan said:"My hat's off to folks that can navigate a transport system full of names like Pymble, Turramurra and Wahroonga!", Oh those are just the start. Before

[ccdesan]

Will you forgive me if I laugh out loud at Chinaman's Knob, Wet Beaver Creek and Tittybong?

[thefoxaroo]

ccdesan said:"Will you forgive me if I laugh out loud at Chinaman's Knob, Wet Beaver Creek and Tittybong?", I'll happily forgive you, though I cringed slightly on realising the common theme running through those names. :0 Wet Beaver Creek probably sounds perfectly innocent on its own...

ccdesan said:"Of course, here in Utah we have our own unusual place names as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqR0-FUQyp0...", My goodness!! ROFLOL!! That video deserves to win an award! So well composed, and arranged (needs subtitles though - not all the place signs are clear enough to read). Did those young people performing write the song as well, or perform to one that was already recorded?

You have a Manilla in Utah? Guess what, so do we :P (Animated foxaroo blowing razberry not available at this time).

Now if you'll excuse me I'll just go all melancholy over my inability to travel... ;)

[thefoxaroo]

Near the end of the month and I have spare internet quota to use up so I watched this again. It's awesome!

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=RqR0-FUQyp0

[ccdesan]

And you could be right about the $2 coins. I just know the one-dollar beasties were murder - at the time it was like US $1.50 or more, and they were so easy to spend...

We loved our visit, by the way. I only got to spend a week in Canberra and environs, but it was a wonderful experience. Left me wanting to come back for a lifetime to explore the rest of the country. Still on my list...

[thefoxaroo]

Whatever for? This country is a dump! :P Nothing here that can't be found, and better, in other parts of the world... well, apart from the wildlife. Anything that's worth seeing in Sydney I've probably already photographed by now: http://scottrell001.livejournal.com/12629.html